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[Tacan70UDN]

Don't know if anybody here believes in astrology or not. I find the following article interesting for who says it and who distributes it. This is from the Times of Oman newspaper online, 30 Oct 2004. Oman is a sultanate on the southeast corner of the Arabian peninsula.

Astrologers predict Kerry will be US president

NEW DELHI — Indian astrologers say that the planets favour Democratic candidate John Kerry to win the White House race over US President George W. Bush in next Tuesday’s polls.

“For months opinion polls have shown the race between Bush and Kerry, his challenger, to be neck and neck,” said author and astrologer Lachhman Das Madan, who also heads the Astrology Study and Research Institute in Delhi.

“But the cosmic writ reveals Bush cannot become the president of the US again. On the other hand, Kerry’s horoscope shows that Saturn is in the third house from the moon which is highly favourable,” he added.

“The planets Mercury and Mars in the fifth and third house have exchanged positions. Success in competition is certain ... Kerry will be the new president.”

Madan made news after he predicted former Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi would meet a ‘violent end’ three months prior to his May 1991 assassination by a woman suicide bomber said by India to be a member of Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatists.

“It does not make me happy when sad predictions I utter come true. I only make them so that people and especially the government can be warned and can take the necessary precautions,” Madan said.

“President Bush should also look after his health. His birth chart shows that the Sun is on the ascendant and has eclipsed Saturn, the lord of health,” added Madan.

While Kerry and Bush scrambled for late votes across the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio ahead of Tuesday’s ballot, pollsters were split on who was ahead but agreed the outcome was too close to call.

Several US pollsters have said the election appeared headed for a photo finish similar to the result in 2000. But astrologer and writer Abha Bansal, managing editor for the Future Samachar (Future News), said nothing could change Kerry’s destiny to rule.
“Kerry’s horoscope shows that he was born to rule — he has a number of ‘rajyogs’ (ruling signs) which are on the ascendant right now,” said the 45-year-old.

She said Kerry was in a particularly strong position because the Moon, which denotes luck in Indian astrology, was in alignment with his professional aspirations. “His horoscope shows the Moon and Sun (profession) are in line with each other ... He will be a stable ruler. Up to January 2006, Mercury is configured in a favourable position which will bring him money and power.

“Astrologically Kerry is in a very strong place. Jupiter and Saturn are not configured in a favourable position for Bush and he may not get the desired result in these elections,” said Bansal. “I would be surprised if he won.”

Bansal had predicted the shock exit of former premier Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in a dramatic election loss in May. Another encouraging finding for Kerry was that Indian astrologers considered he would point the United States in the right direction.

“Kerry’s win will rejuvenate the United States and bring peace to the rest of the world,” said Delhi-based astrologer Gopi Krishna.

“He set the country on a course correction. Kerry’s White House spell will be good for peace in Iraq, the Middle East and Afghanistan,” he said. AFP
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Note that all the astrologers are from India. Also note, in bold, the agency that ran the story - the French news agency.

http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=4195

[ArmyMedicsMom]

Ok...time for an admission.

I had a dream one month ago that Kerry lost, was sitting in a chair, head down, face ashen and a woman was hugging him, trying to console him, to no avail, as he had fallen into a deep depression.

Two nights ago, I had a dream the Bush won. Crowds were cheering, Laura Bush was holding his hand and smiling and I had such a sense of relief when I woke up, that it was all over.

Having said that, I have had several dreams that did indeed come true.

We've got 50-50 odds here right.

So we will see where these predictions go in 4 days.
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[shadowy]

Indian astrologers may be more in touch with reality than the Democrats and the OM, but they're just one more bunch of crackpots that's not going to question their methods when they turn out to be wrong.

[Kimmymac]

Oh yeah, now I am sure he is a darksider. Astrologers...Times of Oman...since when did they start weighing in on US presidential elections?

This election just becomes increasingly surreal.
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[Tacan70UDN]

Thought you guys would get a blast from that article. All seems to fit together with the eclipse, astrology, Halloween, the election . . .